Fella’s, free all-up information for you. Put some hard earned on Burdekin Blues to win the Newmarket all up into More Joyous to win the Golden Slipper. I was able to secure the tidy enough odds of 24.75-1 which I reckon is pretty good darts.

I have also had a go at Australia to win this test at the also tidy odds of 4.15-1. Com’on Aussie com’on, com’on.

A sneaky on Australia to win the series involving some other scallywag bets was also made but I can’t quite recall the other legs at this stage. No doubt you will here more about it if we are looking good for the series.

And betting in the collapse of motoring giants has tightened with General Motors reporting a 30.9 billion dollar loss.

Ford paying $2.00 – blowing out
GM paying $1.42 – shortened sharply

At least thats is what one of the major sporting bet companies should be offering!

I had the misfortune last night to flick the TV over to channel 10 where I caught the tale end of a show called ‘Guerrilla Gardeners’. What an absolute pile of dog turd this show is. In fact I would venture as far to say that anyone on the show, filming the show, associated with the show or even likes the show should be wiped off the face of the planet. It may seem extreme but if I see these glorified graffiti artists destroying anything in my travels I will launch my car or fists at them with lethal intent to end their miserable existence. These dregs of society and anyone who goes along with them are, I believe, the main problem with society and the sooner and out of control bus takes them out the better.

Where do these derelict druggos come by the opinion that what they are doing improves anything?

I notice at the end of the show where a Volkswagen beetle was cut in half and turned into two separate flower boxes that one of the niffs had the forethought to secure the car wheels “so no drunks push it out into the street after a game of football or something”. Gee thanks for thinking of us mate but all you have done is make it harder for the pore old council workers to drag your dog turd art onto the back of a garbage truck.

Here’s a thought you half arsed artists, go home sit at the end of your bed, have a long think about the oxygen you have stolen from us during your pitiful existence and paint the walls and roof of your bedroom with your own blood courtesy of a 357 magnum shot through the skull. That would be a work of art to behold you bunch of niff nuffs!

All right you niffers, here is a list of upcoming sporting events that should be of interest to you. Start planning the next 2 months of your lives around these dates or I will plan a free trip to the morgue for each and every one of you!

This Saturday – 28th February
Silver Slipper Day

7th March – SUPER SATURDAY
Chipping Norton Stakes

Newmarket Handicap
Cadbury Guineas
Australian Cup

8th March
UFC 96 – Quiton “Rampage” Jackson V “The Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine

14th March
Randwick Guineas

21st March
Coolmore Classic & Ravnet Stakes

22nd March
Clipsal 500

28th March
Rosehill Guineas
DAY AT TRACK

29th March
Australian F1 GP

4th April
Golden Slipper

11th April
Australian AJC Derby

18th April
Doncaster Handicap

19th April
NZ V8 Supercars round.
UFC 97 – Anderson Silva V Thailes Laites

25th April
Sydney Cup

26th April
Bahrain F1 GP

An interesting story in the news today puts Virgin Blues value at less than the value of a new Boeing 777. Ironically Virgin Blue took delivery of a brand new 777 earlier this month, which in my mind at least is comedy gold. Basically if you were Qantas or any other large airline and you in the market for some additional planes, you would be better off purchasing Virgin Blue lock stock and barrel to gain access to their fleet, then purchasing a new 777 from Boeing. Its not such comedy gold for the poor old Virgin Blue shareholders but this thin glimmer of hope should give them some sort of comfort… that their business isn’t completely worthless…. nearly but not quite.

With a shareholder equity of 925 million dollars and a long term debt of 1,182 million dollars and a profit this year of 92 million Virgin can basically service their existing debt and have enough left over for a vegemite sandwich. They are indeed pregnant with debt! Couple this with a less than reliable earning history and less than excitable economic climate and it might be time to give this Virgin a wide berth.

Richard Branson’s old adage “How do you create a millionaire? You take a billionaire and sell him an airline business.” has never been truer. Kind of makes me wonder why he got into that business in the first place…. Oh now I remember, create a business with a lot of hype around it, pander to the market and media, sell out to a billionaire (the billionaire was Chris Corrigan and the market by the way) and leave behind an eaten out shell. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with this, it’s not illegal or anything, I am just surprised it happened.

This Sundays UFC event comes to use from London England which has its plus’s and minus’s. The minus is the time difference which means the event kicks of live here in Oz at the horrendous hour of 6:30AM on Sunday morning. Thankfully mainevent used their brains and show replays throughout the day meaning I don’t have to wake up at sparrows fart to watch. The plus of the event is that the good people of London or the UK for that matter, usually blow a head gasket cheering for sporting events which creates a great atmosphere. The UFC usually have a great crowd reaction anyways but the fans in the UK are nuts.

I am loving my new Sporting Bet account which allows me to place bets on Mixed Martial Arts events now. I haven’t done to well so far with a few losses but am looking to turn it around this Sunday.

The main event sees Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez V Joe “Daddy” Stevens in what I would consider to be the unofficial number 2 ranking in the lightweight division. The winner of this fight I think would find himself in line for a title shot later in the year against the winner of the upcoming title fight between BJ Penn and Kenny Florian. Nightmare is dropping down from 170 pounds to 155 for the first time and I think he may be to much for Daddy to handle. My money is on Nightmare.

The rest of the main card I see as follows. Winner is in brackets

Middleweight bout: (Nate Marquardt) vs. Wilson Gouveia – Not sure on this one but made a decision with The Great.

Middleweight bout: (Demian Maia) vs. Chael Sonnen – Maia is a freak.

Welterweight bout: (Dan Hardy) vs. Rory Markham – Hometown advantage should get him home.

Welterweight bout: (Josh Koscheck) vs. Paulo Thiago – This could be interesting because Thiago is relatively unknown and has a good record.

Sportingbet also allow you to bet on the undercard which when you multi bet it all up you can get some pretty decent odds if you pick the card. It’s got to be worth some sort of crack to you.

I liked the first series of Underbelly there was a bit of language and a few racey scenes in amongst a story line that could absorb that sort of thing. Underbelly 2 seems to be the return of Channel 9’s romp show of the early 90’s Chances. Every second scene there is a boob in shot and every third scene some one is ‘having a good time’. I am not a prude and am not saying I can’t handle it but I just don’t see how it aids the storyline at all.

I am sure the people who go for this type of nude television are not watching Underbelly as am I sure the people who watch Underbelly are not watching it for the nudity. It is just a case of boobs for the sake of boobs in my opinion. Maybe its boobs for the sake of a shallow storyline? Or to try and pad the season out to 12 episodes instead of 8 without the boobs.

I am liking the story so far myself. It glamorizes crime a little bit but I think we are all old enough to understand that it is a TV show.